Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A beta globulin in blood serum that combines with and transports iron.
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- noun biochemistry a
glycoprotein , a betaglobulin , inblood serum that combines with, and transportsiron
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- noun a globulin in blood plasma that carries iron
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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At the low endosomal pH, the affinity between iron and transferrin is weakened dramatically.
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The other gauges the saturation rate of a protein called transferrin, which binds to iron and shuttles it through the body.
The Iron Albatross 2008
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In this animal study, injections of the protein, known as transferrin, also protected against potentially fatal iron overload in mice with thalassemia, a type of inherited anemia that affects millions of people worldwide.
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In this animal study, injections of the protein, known as transferrin, also protected against potentially fatal iron overload in mice with thalassemia, a type of inherited anemia that affects millions of people worldwide.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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(C) After treatment with 200 U/ml IFNγ for 24 hours, MEFs were incubated with Alexa-Fluor-546-labelled transferrin for 5 minutes (a-c) or pulsed with labelled transferrin for 10 minutes, then chased for 30 minutes (d-f).
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yang O. Zhao et al. 2010
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In this animal study, injections of the protein, known as transferrin, also protected against potentially fatal iron overload in mice with thalassemia, a type of inherited anemia that affects millions of people worldwide.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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In this animal study, injections of the protein, known as transferrin, also protected against potentially fatal iron overload in mice with thalassemia, a type of inherited anemia that affects millions of people worldwide.
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In this animal study, injections of the protein, known as transferrin, also protected against potentially fatal iron overload in mice with thalassemia, a type of inherited anemia that affects millions of people worldwide.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Native endogenous Irgm1 is scarcely if at all detectable on early and recycling endosomes defined by early and late uptake of fluorochrome-labelled transferrin (
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yang O. Zhao et al. 2010
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He or she should check your iron level with a transferrin saturation test or a ferritin test.
Warning: Too Much or Too Little of Iron in the Body is Bad for Your Health 2008
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Studies have shown that HFE heterozygotes seem to have modest elevations of ferritin as well as transferrin, a protein which chaperones iron through the blood, which would indicate elevated levels of iron.
Iron Is the New Cholesterol Clayton Dalton 2018
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